Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Clayton

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Clayton
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

2,564

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

57.8%

2024

1,081

All-time

138,209

Clayton has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 2,564 boys were named Clayton.

In 2024, only 1,081 boys were given the name.

Down 57.8% from its peak.

All told, about 138,209 Americans have been named Clayton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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